We need $500,000 for 2% of our egg eatery
Summary
Two strangers pitch Kareem on "New York City's only eggery" in a pitch that spirals into absurdist chaos. They claim "1 million eggs is eaten every 1 minute" and want $500,000 for just 2% equity in their restaurant concept that serves boiled eggs on the honor system. The duo floats a workaround for FDA red tape: running for governor to abolish the agency entirely. Their patent-pending 400g protein egg remains scientifically dubious, and when pressed on whether it's actually just a restaurant, one founder admits "Yeah" before backtracking. Kareem tries repeatedly to rein them in, but the pitch careens between Shark Tank parody and genuine bewilderment about chicken anatomy. It ends with a halfhearted egg sample and zero investment.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? Hello, Sharks. I'm Alex Carlson, co-founder and co-CEO of New York City's only eggery, offering long overdue innovation to—
This is not to New York favorite food that comes out of a butt.
So, what's your take? We need $500,000 and you will get 2% of our—
This is not. Guys, this is the—I'm serious right now. It's not a funny bet.
I'll let you finish. It's Subway. I'm going to let you finish. But first, let's dive a little bit deeper into the cold hard numbers. Numbers. 1 million eggs is eaten every 1 minute.
That's literally not—that's not true at all. There's 8 million people in New York. So, you do the math, Shark. Uh, we just um we need—we needed the money that's in your pocket now. Money might not grow out of on trees, but it could come out of chickens butts or vagin maybe.
And we're not scientists. We're businessmen. So—
What is your take?
You're playing hard.
You're playing hard.
Stupid joke. I grew up in a tough neighborhood. Hit him with the patent.
You can't patent eggs. So, our patent pending 400 g protein egg packs a punch that's impossible to ignore. We're running into some bureaucratic red tape with the FDA, but for that we have a little workaround.
Where's my camera? So, we're going to be running as a duo uh governor for New York and we're going to get rid of the FDA. So, not are you—not only you going to have a business partner, but you're going to have a political ally potentially.
Do you guys want to do Subway or not? Thank you so much, Shark. Mr. Cub, Mr. Cuban, Mr. Cuban, if I may.
I know you're billionaires and that's amazing and we love those guys and that's why we're looking for a little bit of money. You already said this.
You want your egg anyway if—as long as it's boiled and it's from—going to be 4 minutes up to 10 minutes and it'll be self-service and basically mostly the honor system.
So it's a restaurant. Yeah.
No. Yeah. It's a—So are you the chicken or the egg?
I don't want to.
Oh, sorry Sharks. We brought you something.
So are you a chicken or an egg? Or— An egg?
Thank you for coming on the show.